South Eastern franchise

The South Eastern franchise, is a railway franchise, It goes from London to Kent in South East England.

History

1996: Connex South Eastern
Connex South Eastern began running the franchise on 13 October 1996

On 8 November 2003, Its services were stopped because of money problems and because Connex South Eastern were using old trains."Connex loses rail franchise", BBC News Online, London, 24 October 2000.

2003: South Eastern Trains
On 9 November 2003, South Eastern Trains, took over the franchise for 18 months. It took on all of the trains and the Connex staff.

2006: Southeastern (Govia)
In 1 April 2006, Southeastern took over the franchise. It took on all of the trains.

On 27 September 2021, Its services were stopped by the Department for Transport because it kept £25 million instead of paying it back to the Department for Transport.

2021: Southeastern (DfT)
In October 2022, Department for Transport made a new train company called Southeastern.

On 17 October 2021, Southeastern took over the franchise. They had kept the same name, same logos, same trains and same staff.

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References

Category:Rail transport in England